Printed on the plate
“White-winged silvery Gull”
1. Male summer plumage. 2. Young in Winter.
Modern identification
Larus glaucoides
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “White-winged silvery Gull” is today's Iceland Gull
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured. by R. Havell, 1835.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
